Updates from ICFRE Institutes

  A report of three days Training on Seed, Nursery and Plantation Techniques of Oak Species for other Stakeholders held at ICFRE- HFRI Shimla  HFRI:   05 November 2024

 Report on One Day Exposure Visit of ‘TAMILNADU MODEL SCHOOL TEACHERS  IFGTB:   04 November 2024

 Report on Exposure Visit To Foresters (Trainees) From Chandrapur Forest Academy, Maharashtra  IFGTB:   01 November 2024

 Report on Networking of VVKs with ICAR- KVKs: Establishment of Demonstration Plots  IFGTB:   01 November 2024

 Report on Inauguration of Planting at D.Gudalur, Demo Village under CAMPA Extension  IFGTB:   01 November 2024

 Report on eOffice training organised at ICFRE-Rain Forest Research Institute, Jorhat, Assam  RFRI:   01 November 2024

 Organization of one day Training on Silage for Bundelkhand farmers under AICRP-17 (Fodder) project by ICFRE-ERC , Prayagraj  ERC:   24 October 2024

 Report on Skill cum development training program on economically Important Medicinal and Aromatic Plants organized by ICFRE-ERC , Prayagraj  ERC:   24 October 2024

 Organized two days training programme on Agroforestry models of Uttar Pradesh  ERC:   18 October 2024

 Organized 70th Wild Life week at SHUATS, Prayagraj  ERC:   18 October 2024

 Report on Three Days Training Program (9 to 11 October, 2024) on “Nursery Techniques for Arid and Semiarid Tree Species” for others Stakeholders funded by MoEF&CC, Govt. of India  AFRI:   18 October 2024

 One Day Training Programme On “Vigilance Related Awareness For Government Servants  ICFRE-BRC:   17 October 2024

 Report on Wild Life Week (2nd Oct to 8th Oct, 2024) programs organized by ICFRE-AFRI.  AFRI:   17 October 2024

 Report on celebrations of Wildlife Week 2024 organised by ICFRE-IFGTB EIACP PC RP  IFGTB:   17 October 2024

 Training on Quality Planting Material Production in Nursery (QPM)  IFGTB:   17 October 2024

Read more

ICFRE Technologies

  Biopesticides

Tree PALH is a biopesticide product which has been developed as an alternative to chemical pesticides for the management of insect pests of forestry importance. Use of Hydnocarpic acid as biopesticide is first of its kind and combination with neem oil and essential oil of Lantana is a new approach.

  Tree Rich Biobooster- An alternate potting mixture for plant production.

“Tree Rich Biobooster” is a comprehensive potting mixture provides requisite nutrients and protects plants from pest and diseases. It is made from coconut fiber waste duly decomposed and enriched with all nutrients through various beneficial microbes.

  ArborEasyTM DNA Isolation Kit

ArborEasy® DNA isolation kit is a spin column based genomic DNA isolation kit. ArborEasy® is a registered trademark.  The isolation Kit provides an indigenous, nonbio-hazardous, low cost pin column based system for isolation of plant genomic DNA from wide range of tissue types, specifically tree tissues.  
 

  Commercialization of Clones of Casuarinas and Eucalyptus

Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding (IFGTB), is working on genetic improvement of Eucalyptus, Casuarina, Acacias and fast growing native tree species.  This targeted research is carried out in close collaboration with the Paper industries and farmers to meet the raw material demand and increase the farm income. 

  Conservation and Species Restoration of Critically Endangered Medicinal Plant

Commiphora wightii (Arn.) Bhandari, commonly known as guggal, is a medicinally important desert species of the family burseraceae. It is a well known for its valuable active principle found in its oleo-gum-resin (guggulsterone E and Z), which are used in drugs preparation for lowering the cholesterol level in human body.

  TFRI Tricho cards

Fresh eggs of rice moth, Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) (Lepidptera : Pyralidae) were pasted on paper cards and hanged in teak forests for 2-3 days during last week of June in Udaipur (compartment No. 298 RF), Kalpi Forest Range, Mandla Forest Division, MP. 

  Management of white grubs in teak nurseries

Teak (Tectona grandis) is one of the major forest timber tree species in central Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Orissa. In central India, the preferred planting material is root-shoot rather than teak seedlings grown in root trainers. 

  Production and distribution of biofertilizers of microbial origin

Bio-fertilizers or microbial inoculants are preparations containing live or latent cells of efficient strains of nitrogen fixing, mineral solubilizing, or cellulolytic microbes used for application to seed, soil or composting areas to augment the extent of availability of nutrients to plants. Biofertilizer has been extensively applied and accepted worldwide in agricultural crops, however, its application in forest tree species remains restricted. 

  Seed Technology of Juniperus polycarpos (Himalayan Pencil Cedar)

Juniperus polycarpos C. Koch is an important indigenous conifer of North-Western Himalayan Region, commonly known as “Himalayan Pencil Cedar”. The seeds of this species have dormancy which affects its germination. Technology for breaking seed dormancy has been developed at HFRI during last 5 years.

  Macro-proliferation technique for Kutki Multiplication

Picrorhiza kurrooa, Royle ex Benth. commonly known as Kutki is an important temperate medicinal plant found in western Himalayas, which has a great potential for commercial cultivation in higher temperate regions (above 2700 mts.).

  Macro-proliferation technique for Mushakbala Multiplication

Valeriana jatamansi, Jones commonly known as Mushakbala is an important temperate medicinal plant species found in western Himalayas and possesses great potential for commercial cultivation. The species can be easily grown by seeds but the vegetative propagation has scientific advantage over sexual propagation

  Integrated Pest Management of Deodar Defoliator (Ectropis deodarae Prout)

Deodar (Cedrus deodara), one of the most valuable and dominant conifer species of the North-western Himalaya at certain intervals gets affected by a defoliator, Ectropis deodarae Prout, (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). This key pest seriously affects the younger crops in deodar forests.

  Intercropping of temperate medicinal plants with horticultural plantation

The interspaces in the orchards of high hill temperate region can be better utilized and economic benefit from the orchards can be enhanced by intercropping selected commercially important medicinal plants.

Untitled Document